Easiest Way to Make Perfect Halloween Sugar Monster Cookies

Halloween Sugar Monster Cookies. Halloween Monster Cookies are scary delicious! These treats are made with chocolate cake mix, quick oats, and peanut butter, then loaded with M&Ms and chocolate chips. Decorated with Halloween sprinkles and candy eyeballs, this is a festive recipe to make with the kiddos!

I'll be honest with you: I possess zero royal icing skills. So when I decided to make these Halloween Monster Decorated Sugar Cookies, I knew I'd be slathering and decorating them with a version of my homemade buttercream frosting. It's an easy-to-make frosting recipe that's the perfect balance of sweet and buttery, thanks to Challenge butter, and pairs. You can have Halloween Sugar Monster Cookies using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Halloween Sugar Monster Cookies

1. Prepare of salted butter (super soft) (Group 1 Ingredient).
2. It's of sugar (Group 1 Ingredient).
3. Prepare of egg (Group 2 Ingredient).
4. You need of milk (Group 2 Ingredient).
5. It's of vanilla extract (Group 2 Ingredient).
6. You need of AP flour (Group 3 Ingredient).
7. You need of Baking Powder (Group 3 Ingredient).
8. It's of Several Jars of Sugar Sprinkles (Group 4 Ingredient).
9. It's of Pkgs of Different Size Wilton Eyes (Group 5 Ingredient).

These fun Halloween Monster Cookies are a healthier way to enjoy a Halloween treat. There is no butter, oil, or flour in this recipe and it's low in sugar. Healthier Halloween Monster Cookies are a delicious soft and chewy peanut butter oat cookie that kids and adults love! MORE FUN TREATS USING CANDY EYES: Spooky Cookies, Bat Oreos, and Banana Mummies I decided to add candy corn as my own special Halloween twist.

Halloween Sugar Monster Cookies step by step

1. Preheat the oven to 375 F. Add Group 1 ingredients into the mixer on low speed.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the Group 2 ingredients, and add to the mixer (still on low)..
3. Sift the Group 3 ingredients, and then add to the mixer (still on low), and mix until homogenous..
4. Roll the cookies into 1 1/2 inch diameter balls, roll each ball in a bowl of the colored sprinkles (aka Group 5), and place in a parchment-lined baking sheet..
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, to your liking, and then add various combinations of candy eyes (aka Group 5) to the cookies while the cookies are still warm. Let rest 10 minutes on a cookie rack and serve..

To begin, mix together the eggs and sugars. Add the peanut butter, butter, salt, and vanilla. Next add the baking soda and oatmeal. Then comes the fun part, CANDY! I was in a Halloween-ie mood, so I chose purple and green M&M's and of course, candy corn!